Hits : 1890 Players League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)
 

1890 Hits Leaders

Top 25 in the Players League

Hugh Duffy 191 Chicago Pirates 1
Billy Shindle 189 Philadelphia Quakers 2
John Ward 188 Brooklyn Wonders 3
Pete Browning 184 Cleveland Infants 4
Hardy Richardson 181 Boston Red Stockings 5
Lou Bierbauer 180 Brooklyn Wonders 6
Tip O'Neill 174 Chicago Pirates 7
Jim O'Rourke 172 New York Giants 8
Dave Orr 172 Brooklyn Wonders  
Roger Connor 169 New York Giants 10
Jake Beckley 167 Pittsburgh Burghers 11
Henry Larkin 167 Cleveland Infants  
Jimmy Ryan 165 Chicago Pirates 13
Ed Beecher 159 Buffalo Bisons 14
George Wood 156 Philadelphia Quakers 15
Ed Delahanty 153 Cleveland Infants 16
Joe Quinn 153 Boston Red Stockings  
Dan Brouthers 152 Boston Red Stockings 18
Tom Brown 149 Boston Red Stockings 19
Joe Mulvey 149 Philadelphia Quakers  
Jocko Fields 148 Pittsburgh Burghers 21
Sam Wise 148 Buffalo Bisons  
Dummy Hoy 147 Buffalo Bisons 23
Harry Stovey 144 Boston Red Stockings 24
Mike Griffin 140 Philadelphia Quakers 25



Future Hall of Famer Sammy Sosa is best known for wearing number twenty-one; however, when the young slugger played for the Chicago White Sox (1989-1991) he only wore number twenty-five.

The most recognizable Detroit Tiger to wear the number twenty-five was probably Norm Cash (who wore it from 1960 through 1974), but did you know that Hall of Famer Larry Doby also wore it during his single season with Detroit?

The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.